The Jones of Smith

Smith and Stern posing with what is reportedly an very young human infant.

Anna Nicole Smith's best friend has poured scorn on claims the model was planning to wed partner Howard K. Stern - because she never loved him.

Stern insists he and Smith were planning to wed later this month before the tragic blonde lost her life in Florida last week, but longtime pal Jackie Hatten insists that Smith would not have married someone she didn't love (unless he were an oil tycoon, of course).

Speaking on CNN show Larry King Live last night, the professional volleyball player said, "She liked him as a person that handled her affairs so that she did not have to handle them. He kept her so drugged up, she was in bed 24-7 until there was a show, give her some uppers and get her up for the show so she could make them more money. In fact there was a time when Stern himself had volunteered to marry the dying millionare himself - he cared about money that much. He used to walk behind us, carrying our drugs. I'm gonna miss both Anna and Howard but mostly the drugs."